Category Archives: LEE

Remembering 2nd great granduncle Volney Lee

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Pat Shaul

My 2nd great granduncle, Volney Lee, passed away 110 years ago on 27 November 1909, in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.  Volney was born 4 December 1838 in Oakland County, Michigan, to my 3rd great grandparents, Horatio and Hannah Munn Lee.  … Continue reading →

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Remembering 6 times great grandfather, Mark Hotchkiss

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Pat Shaul

My six times great grandfather, Mark Hotchkiss, passed away 244 years ago, 19 November 1775, in Guilford, Connecticut.  Grandfather was the son of Joseph and Hannah Cruttenden Hotchkiss; born on 1 July 1714, also in Guilford.  He married Miriam Lee, … Continue reading →

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Happy 369th Anniversary, Grandparents Stevens!

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Pat Shaul

369 years ago, 18 November 1650, in Milford, Connecticut, Thomas Stevens, son of John and Mary Moulson Stevens, married Mary Fletcher, the daughter of John and Mary Ward Fletcher.  The pair were my 8th great grandparents.  Thomas was born in … Continue reading →

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Happy 216th Birthday, Aunt Fanny!

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Pat Shaul

216 years ago, in Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, Mary Francis (Fanny) Knight was born to Seth and Betsey Whitney Knight.  Mary France was always called Fanny and who can pass up writing about their Aunt Fanny? Fanny married Harvey Lee, … Continue reading →

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Happy 123rd Birthday, Cousin Mae!

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was 123 years ago, 4 November 1896, that my first cousin, twice removed, Miriam Mae Wright was born in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, to Stephen A. D. and Mariette Lee Wright.   Marietta was my  Great Grandmother’s sister.  Cousin Mae … Continue reading →

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Halloween is not just for Harry Houdini

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Pat Shaul

I got to thinking about the legend of Harry Houdini and his death and subsequent haunting linked to Halloween — it might be because I live in metropolitan Detroit where Harry died and subsequently is supposed to have come back … Continue reading →

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Happy 225th Birthday, Uncle Chauncey!

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was 225 years ago, 17 October 1794, that my third great granduncle, Chauncey Lee was born in Guilford, Connecticut, to William and Mary Summers Lee.  Chauncey was the eldest of the 8 children; the first four born in Connecticut; … Continue reading →

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Happy 152nd Birthday, Cousin Mary Lee!

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Pat Shaul

My first cousin, 3 times removed, Mary Lee was born 152 years ago on 14 October 1867, in Farmington, Oakland County, Michigan, to George H. and Julia Waters Lee.  Mary was the third and final child in birth order of … Continue reading →

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Happy 123rd Anniversary, Aunt Ora and Uncle George

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Pat Shaul

  It was on 2 September 1896, in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, that Ora Lee and George W. Churches were wed.  Ora was the youngest child of Charles Norton and Esther Jenks Lee, born on 29 May 1874 in Southfield, … Continue reading →

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Happy 246th Birthday, Grandmother Lee!

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Mary Sommers , my 4th great grandmother, was born on 15 August 1773, in Old Hebron, Connecticut, to William Sommers and his wife whom I have not as yet been able to identify.   Mary was wed to William Lee on … Continue reading →

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